Courtenay T 27 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Finally got my manta running.. Looks like the bulbs are pretty crap! Any good recomendations for bright replacements?? Also, the dash was as dim as a pretty dim place!! Any ideas there? Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Remove the diffuser covering the dash lights and replace bulbs with push in LEDs. Headlights. Are you sure its the bulbs or have the lenses gone bad due to age? I replaced my H1 and H4 with side for new and used standard bulbs and they are very bright now. You could put 100w H1 in for off road use only obviously officer and change the H4 for a higher K ratings. Too high and they go that blueish colour though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantasrme Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 If you are running Quads just get aftermarket HID's for it, no other lighting even comes close. I run them in all of my cars and have fitted them to several other peoples. For all 4 lamps you are only talking £70 for HID's. I used to run 90/130w H4's and 130w H1's in my coupe all relayed with good wiring and with a 90amp alternator. When i drove it after driving my hatch with HID's in square lamps i couldn't see anywhere near as much, so now have HID's in that as well. If you are running square headlights they will only fit the rarer Lucas style ones not the common Hella type due to the bulb holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtenay T 27 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 1987 Coupe with Quads, Are the dash bulbs the following? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-New-Xenon-WHITE-5-SMD-Car-LED-Side-Tail-Light-White-Bulb-T10-W5W-501-/121278922344?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c3cc97e68 Also, can someone give me a listing for the correct quad bulb set? My car is away at present, so I haven't the opportunity to look at the bulbs directly. Cheers everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Send me your address and I'll send some dash LEDs to you FOC H1 and H4 are the quad bulbs, HID shouldn't pass a MOT as you don't have the correct reflectors and will blind the living daylights out of people coming towards you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantasrme Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 You might want to get someone to check the bulbs in your car before buying any as some quad kits have H1 inner and outer bulbs, some have H4 and H1. With H1+ H1 your outer lights are Dip only and the inners are full beam. H4+H1 has the outer as dip/full beam and the inner as driving/spot light that come on with full beam. I've had both versions over the years. Yes technically HID's as an aftermarket addition should fail the MOT. But if everything that was technically against the rules actually failed there would be a hell of a lot less cars on the road. Including no arched 400's or mk2 escorts because every car that has arch extensions and the original arch cut back needs an IVA as the bodyshell has been modified!! Also how many cars are out there with their CAT's removed? new ruling is if it had one when new (regardless of year) it still needs one for MOT and that includes Diesels where it does absolutely nothing for the emissions (but does block up with soot nicely!) But If the lamps are aimed correctly and give a good beam pattern then there really isn't a problem and most reasonable MOT stations will look at this more than anything else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurocamper1 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 On 2/10/2016 at 11:21 AM, mantasrme said: If you are running Quads just get aftermarket HID's for it, no other lighting even comes close. I run them in all of my cars and have fitted them to several other peoples. For all 4 lamps you are only talking £70 for HID's. I used to run 90/130w H4's and 130w H1's in my coupe all relayed with good wiring and with a 90amp alternator. When i drove it after driving my hatch with HID's in square lamps i couldn't see anywhere near as much, so now have HID's in that as well. If you are running square headlights they will only fit the rarer Lucas style ones not the common Hella type due to the bulb holder. if you get the bulb adapter hb12 to h4 can you then use them on your hella Square lights ? whats a good brand HID to use thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Did you receive the LEDs i sent? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantasrme Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 26 minutes ago, eurocamper1 said: if you get the bulb adapter hb12 to h4 can you then use them on your hella Square lights ? whats a good brand HID to use I don't think they will. Its the bulb holder that is the problem, the Hella ones have that coil spring on the metal plate. But the HID bulbs are too large a diameter to fit inside the spring. The Lucas lamps have sprung wire clips that will flex around the bulb housing to clip in their original place. I have always bought my HID kits from the same seller and have been using them for 4 or 5 years now. Have fitted his kits to 8 or 9 cars in that time and never had a single issue with them. Here's the H4 kit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330379346373 But there are plenty of other suppliers selling good kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtenay T 27 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 7 hours ago, Kevin Abbott said: Did you receive the LEDs i sent? They arrived yesterday afternoon... thanks for that Kevin. I'm about to spend a few hours on her today, now she's back home. Thanks again, your a star :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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